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1Suudays only. 80, ~.
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Royal and Augusta Railway, and stops oIiy ~ ~
Ridgeland, Green Pond ana Ravenel IRAN -
stops only at Yemassee and Green Pond, an,
connects for Beaufort and Port Royal daily, an9 %
for Alendale daily, except Sunday. Trans ~
and 66 connect from and for Beaufort and forS
Royal daily. AN
for tickets, sleeping car reservations ana IlI AZ
other information apply to VIM BhhS,
Special Ticket Agent y Bull street, and Nv
Charleston and Savannah railway ticket once
at Savannah, Florida ami Western Railway
depot. 9. 5. GADSDEN, supp
JUNE 9, 1887.
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ITO COUNTY OFFICERS. Books and BIansk
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Nhitake- street, Savannah,
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IRAN NO 81 leaves Savannah 300 d. M: ar
rives Guyton 2:55 p. m. '' 90
Passengers for Sylvania, Wrightsyille. MIL.
ledgeville and Eatonton should take 7:l0a M
train. " IL
passengers for Thomaston, CarroIlton, Perry
Fort Gaines, Tabotton Buena Vista. RlakaY1
and CLAYTON should take the $50 D. I'M. train 10y
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1Of p IN Ar. .Chattahoochee. .Lv 1870 a m
Pullman buffet cars TO and from Jacksonville
and New York, to and from Jacksonville and
New Orleans via Pensacola
III
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Savannah Florida &WeStern Railway.

Ian trains on this road are run by Central
STANDARD Time.l
TIME CARD IN EFFECT NOV 49, 1887.
n Passenger trains on this road will run daily
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EAST FLORIDA EXPRESS.
ALBANY FXPRESS.

IIuIIndn buIfe6 cars 70 and from JacksOnvu
and st. Louis via Townsville, Albany, Mon
gomery and Nashville.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10


The people of the northwest have in
view certain gigantic pro ects which
would greatly advantage trade if they
were consumm tie |. It is proposed that
an artificial river, 2oJ feet wide, shall
be constructed, which shall run from
Chicago southwest 10 the Illinois river.
This would practically unite tn. MissiS-
sippi and Lake Michigan. Then, again
there is talk of turning the trade OF the
Canadian northwest, southwark, to the
nited States, by constructing canal
to connect Lake Winnipeg with Qua lake
system. The ed River of the Nortl.
which forms the boundary between
Minnesota and Dakota. and which ruhs
north into axe " innipeg, is navigabte
from Fargo, ii not from breckenridge.
A vessel would 50 west from AXE
Superior by the t. i.ouis river, cross
over the divide to the Mississippi river,
follow that river up stream 40 miles,
cross over TO Ted axe river, and 60
west on that to the led river at irand
Forks, D. I. On this route waterway
requiring less than fly Hiles of artl-
fetal canal coal l.. eOu5,tu1t |. This
would make channet with six feet of
water, which would connect the Missis
sippi with the lake system and connect
both the lake systems with Lake Win
nipeg, and the whole Of the Saskatche-
wan and Hudson &dy country. This
scheme contemplatcS the uniting o
three rasins, that OF Lake Superior, OF
the upper Mississippi, and of the Win
nipeg river and lake 1t will cost ahout
90, 900 to construct the canal, which
will be about as long as the -rie canal
in New YORK.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
William II. Il ,cien eel

in 1874 speared ali octopus in the
harbor of Ilialiuk, nAlashka, which
vas afterward hung, "y cord tied
around the body Immediately behind
Inc arms, to one the stern davits OF
the coast survey vessel under my com
mand.
S soon as the amin Il died and the
muscles relaxed, | noticed that the tips
Of the longer tentacleS iust tOuche the
water. tn measuring the distance with
cord, | found it TO be sixteen feet.
giving the creature a spread, from tip
to tip of the longest palr of arms, of not
less than thirtytwo eet. The arms to-
ward the tips were all exceedingly slen-
der, but rather stout toward the body,
which was somewhat o er a foot long
Tie largest suckers were two and half
inches in diau.eter, the whole creature
nearly filed large washtuh.
Having heard octlpi were eatable, and
the flesh looking Vnite and clean, we
boiled some sections o the arms in salt
and water, but foun them so tough
and elastic that our teeth could not
make the slightest impression on them.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
DOM peoRo's EXPERIMENT.
Emancipation of the slave. vs. Hobby
Ph:Isnthrop c itrnt'ons Failure.

Rio Janeir" Cor. Inter Ocean.l
The emancipation of the slaves has
been the old gentleman's hobby for the
last twenty years, and he has earnestly
desired to see it accomplished before his
death For fifty-three years that he
has been on the throne OF Bra il,
longer than any monarch er reigned
before, and no man was ever more in
terested in accomplishing an ob. cct than
he is in releasing the negroes of i3ral il
from the shackels which now bind
them.
He has plantation upon which he has
been endeavoring to demonstrate by
practical experiment that pail laUor is
more profitable than slavery. This
plantation was formerly the imperial
res dence and is known rs :-anta cruz.
1t lies a little hey ond the city of
Petropolis, in one of the handsomest To-
cations in the empire and originally be-
longed to the Jesuits, who Obtained it as
a grant from the Portuguese govern.
ment and erected the buildings; but the
old hing ,lood, the grandfather of the
emperor, confscated it when he drove
the Jesuits out of the country, lived
there and derived an enormous revenue
from the aZenda. His son ON eGro
| did likewise The present emperor.
Dom Pedro II, lived there when he was
Toy and after he was married. tut his
first and only son died in the pala e.
and its associations are so sad that
neither he nor the empress have entered
the walls for many years.
This is thi cross that the old emperor
has to ear; but he has devoted this
plantation to an attempt to demonstrate
the blessings of liberty to the lahorlng
n en-, and IL is not his fault that his
philanthropic experiment has not sue
ceeded. On this plantation he employs
2, Il 0 slaves, and treats them III the
most generous and humane manner,
pro iding them with neat and COM
modious cabins to live in, educating
their children, giving them all they
want to eat and to wear, and crediting
them with the labor they perform. is
plan has been that the negroes could
earn their own freedom if they had a
chance, and he has system of book
keeping under which each slave is
charged with his original cost and the
expense of his maintenance, and cred
tied with the amount of labor he per-
forms. When the account balances,
the slave is set free; he has earned his
liberty.
But like most of the emperor's philan-
thropic experiments, this has been a
failure. The planta'o.! hos kept him
poor, and has resulted III a:cItng the
freedom of but very few slaves. The
negroes are not fools, and understand
very well that they are better off With
such a master than in the condition OF
freedmen, and they have worked so un-
proftably and made the expenses of
their maintenance so large that seldom
has any one of them ever earned enough
during the year to pay for his keeping,
| and during the twenty years that the
emperor has patiently kept up this sys-
tenn it is said to have cost him over
$4,000, 900.
The emperor remains constantly at
PetropoliS, and the only thing that eau
induce him to come to the city of Rio is
to attend debate on the slavery ques-
ton or some official ceremony.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10

With a population of 300, 900, 900
China has not single insane asylum.
This fact does not prove that there are
no lunaticS among the Chinese, but it
shows that they are not sufficiently
numerous to make an asylum neces-
sary.
To what do the Chinese owe their =
emption from brain disease! arious
explanations are given. 1t is said that
the Mongolian enjoys mental reiose
He does not fret and worry. AS his re,
ligion has been established for thou
sands of yeass he let's it alone lie
cares nothing about politics. There is
no competition to stimulate him. All
the business of life is regulated by the
government
Doubtless all these things are con-
ducive to mental sanity, but the Chi
neman's equipoise is probably due to
his pigtail more than anything else
1t takes good judgement and a nice
sense of proportion to make and keep
in order trst-class pigtal. 1t mnst
hang evenly from the middle of the
head between the shoulders. 1t acts as
a sort of balance weight. Some mental
concentration is required to keep a pig
tail in order, and self-love, pride and
methodical habits are involved in it,
This may seem trife, but the human
mind is controlled by tri les. Our Chi
nese friends perhaps builded wiser than
they knew when they first twisted their
piptailS
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
Origin of ~aiutatinn-

SalutationS is some countries have
very dlssimilYr characteristics, and it
may not be uninteresting to explain y
few of them Most OF our own gestures
of salutation and cilil.ty owe their
origin to the warfare OF the days of
chivalry, indicating Difference, as from
one conquered to the Con iuerOr. The
head movement was simply the hand
unarmed; the helmen being remoyed,
the party was at his mercy. The hand
ungloved was in like manner the hand
ungauntleted haking hands was a
token o truce, in which the parties
took hold of each Others weapon hand
to make sure against treachery. We
consider it an incivlIity to shale hands
with gloves on, an II is contrary to the
etiquette of the European courts to
wear gloves in the presence of the
queens.
4 gentleman's bow is lat the offer of
the neck to the stroke of his adversary;
and the lady courtesy is but the form
o. going on her knees for mercy. The
theory of firing salute is that
it leaves the gun harmless and at the
mercy of the other party; and this is 50
true that firing Salutes with blank
cartridges is a modern lnnovation-oc,
cas- ned, however, by the fat OF a COM
phi 1tary cannon ball rowing fatal
onte to the parsonage whom it was
meant to honor. Nhen an officer
sal les, he points his drawn sword to
the grDuni; and the salute OF troops is
design tied presenting arms that is,
presenting them to Ne taken.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
Ch .s.- nmpeti iv- s.minatIoH.

From first to last it is all a tre-
mendous effort of memory, each stu
dent, as he enters his cell, being
searched to make sure that he has not
concealed any scrap Of paper on which
he might have iotted helpful notes,
or, worse than all, a miniature edition
of any part of the classics Each man
may bring his own Indian ink and
brushes, but he may bring no paper To
prevent all possibility of fraud; he must
at the last moment, and at an exorhi-
tant price, purchase paper which has
been stamped with the o hcial seal,
rovided with this he enters the cell,
and then only is the subject of examina-
ton announced,
These subjects are all themes from
the fossilized Confucian classics, or
essays on the history of China, its laws,
its rites and ceremonies vt one OF the
examinations ea III man is re uired to
write poem of twelve lines. Happily
for the examiners the length OF the
essays is limited -720 characters being
the maximum and 3 - the minimum
necessary corrections being provided
for. in the allowance of 100 characters,
which may be marked on the margin
The greatest stress is laid upon excel
lent handwriting, and as a highly edu-
Gated Chinaman is expected to be famil-
lar with six different styles of writing,
he has somewhat perplexing choice.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
cy Smith.

The suggestion that oak trees are
struck because they contain iron is both
erroneous and absurd If oak did con.
tain iron it would, in all probability,
increase its conducting power and act
as preventive. If oak contained an
estimable quantity of that metal the
wood would turn black on exposure to
air on account of the tannin which is
present The blackening may lie seen
surrounding the iron nails in an oak
fence. The contour of the ground nat
ure of the soil, and the presence or ab-
sence o water have more influence in
deciding the locality of an electric dis
charge than the height of tree. id
to this the difference in vonduciility
between the various woods, AMI We
have at once an e,plan ,tion OF the >3-
parent popularity OF tail trees asc a.ag
unharmed while shorter trees are 'ie-
stroyed.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
HOW rA= eYesR ows ARE READ.

suggestive Results sr Observa.to. Made
by q studsnt of signs Of Character.
iTid-CitS
The following suggestive results of
observation are contributed by student
Of the various outward manifestations
of character
Eyebrows that are far apart show
warmth, fraukness, impulse, and a
generous, unsuspicious nature. Where
they meet, the owner will be ardent in
love, but ealous and suspicious. Eye
brows which are higher at starting, and
pass in long, sweeping lines over the
ewes, dropping slightly downward at the
termination, give artistic feeling and q
sense of beauty in form.
When they are very close to the eyes,
forming one line on strongly defined
cyclones, they indicate strength of will
and determination. Strongly marked
Mt the commencement, and terminating
abruptly without sweeping past the
ewes, they reveal an irascible and
impatient nature.
fhe slightly arched eyebrows are in
dicative of sensitivenesS and tenderness.
IL straight at the commencement and
slightly arched at the temples, they
show trmness of purpose and tender
ness of heart The eyebrows of per
sons who are deficient in the science of
figures are very much raised at the ter
mination, leaving a wide space between
them and the corners of the eyes. IL
they are close to the eyes at the end, it
Is an almost invariahle sign of mathe-
matical talent.
When the eyebrows are of the same
color as the hair, we may look for firm
ness, resolution, and constancy, but if
lighter than the hair, they signify weak
ness and indecision; if darker, the
temper is ardent, passionate and in
constant.
When the hair is ru'Rej and growing
in contrary directions it accompanies an
energetic, easily irritated nature. The
hair is fine and soft when the disposi-
ton is ardent but tender. Short hairs
lying closely together and leaning one
way show firm mind, and good, un-
erring perceptions. Eyebrows whose
hair is bent downward, almost meeting
the eyelashes when the eyes are raised,
indicate tenderness and melancholy.
he nearer they are TO the eyes the more
earnest, deep, and firm the character.
The more remote, the more volatile and
less resolute.
South Amer'c IS Matorisl for Paper.
Detroit ee l'rSsS.
South America is not a continent
where newspapers flourish, but that
country will take care that those who
like their dailieS will not have to go
without from any lack of material on
which to print them. Vece .uela alone
could supply the world with paper.
A correspondent of The Springfield
Republican writes about it from Car
acas. lie says THE to gh fiber of the
maguey leaf, the very fine white fiOer
of the plantain, the tough tule-rush of
the lagoons, and the filamentous alacle
are all available for this purpose. There
are also worthy of mention the palms,
henos, izotes, and several urticeas; the
huinare, masahnal, 'pochote,' cuanla-
huac, and many other species, all find
ing favored home here, and growing
as weeds over large districts.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
Hsnrv tIsv'- I.itt,a Ean w..


Henry Clay's weaknesses we're poker
and iackasses. he actually played away
his salary as congressman and senator as
regularly az saturday night came
around. In a small up stairs room in
Hancock's, on table they can SHOW You
here now, lie would sit with some
irony al! night fascinated by the ,"u
lucky game. WAS not a gOUl player
lie bet reckleSsly for all the fan there
was, and lost ot course. 1t Is notoriou'
hat he lost on atar1ay night TO the
rather of lex right of Indiana : 800
and pai the DC W tn deed to 3 ~
acres OF LAM IN hentucky and some
Stoyk in .on!sgIlle bank
on one occasion clay tccame era y to
own IackaSs that ommolore ocers
mad brought among number of others
from the ..i,diterTanean Clay wanted
TO improve h : HGlc stock at Ashland
This teast was a pure Andalusian, and
had excellent pO.uts, according TO the
stan lards known to bree tcrS The
commodore, however, knew the value of
his animal rs wall as did Clay. He
wanted to keep hi II Then, as now,
great man wi h Was law in social
way
ogers had to let Clay have his Anda-
Iusian ackasS but Clay would not let
it be gift. an returned the compli-
ment by deciding to the commodore
what is now called ok ngly brewster
park the large corner lot dining
the department OF uetice and diago-
nally across from the hite House. it
is such piece OF ground as anderbilt
would want if he wer.. coming to Wash
:ngton to 1--we t Is worth, probably,
$500, ,Ol0--N ore than the pOsterity OF
the Andalusian Daddy Longears.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
o gl" Of "St~ck Exshange."


The adoption of the title of stock
exchange" dates from the 14th of July,
1913, when, as We are told in an oil
newspaper, "the brokers and others at
New Jonathau's so called after the fire in
174S had consumed Jonathan's proper
came to the resolution that instead of
its being called New Jonathan's it
should be called the Stock Exchange, ;
which is to be wrote over the door. J"
This change o. name, however, was not
effected without some ceremony, for
the reporter goes on to say: THE
brokers then collected sixpence each
and christened the house with punch. !"
Punch, by the way, appears to have
been the special tipple of stock jobbers
in those days, for in an old play
written in IL 0, in scene at Jona-
than's, one of the characters exclaims:
"Punch! punch! punch in the morning.
You surprise me, colonel!" To which
the colonel replies: why, most of your
stock -iobbers drink it, for they are fl
for nothing till their brains are a little
added" The custom of stock exchange
punch drinking still fingers at Birch's,
! believe, but for the most part it has
given way to the more conventional
glass of sherry at Mabey's.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
ALx.ca I. 1ho.r Who Shoot.


accidents, now that the open season
for hunting is on, are to he expected
Proper carefulness would prevent them
almost entirely. % man who can not
keep his wits about him under almost
all circumstances, is fit to be trusted
with a loaded gun. The man who
always handles a gun as if it were
loaded and dangerous, will escape acci-
dents to himself and others. In hunt
ing game take no risSs whatever of
shooting man or beast. 1t is always
best TO keep out of fields where there
are domestic animals feeding, unless
you own the fields and animals Look
before you shoot" is \ good maxim for
the hunter to apply, especially when his
dogs are on point. Look all around
tefore flushing the game, and if there
is any living thing except the game in
.ange, don't shoot that way, or better,
don't shoot at all.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
Businoss Ran on Honor,


How many times day DO you sup
pose an active. bustling broker takes
and gives simple word oi honor upon
which hinges transaction involving
thousands of dollars The whole buSi-
n ~ seems TO he run on honor There are
firms who keep the n 'rgins of their Gus
toners up to the letter. but even they
at times trust su ci .nt.y 10 tha honor
of their clients 10 warrant Jher H.
vance, or what i9 the ; .me thing IN *
ing themselves responsible Tor encr
nous amounts of literal money. SEE
how the banks treat brokers a may
have 500 in the bank. but that rank
will certify his checks to the time of
500 90, relying so ely and simply anc
absolutely, too, upon the sens o. hOnol
that will compel 4 to make his accoIn;
cd by "a in the Afternoon
That keen 81 nse of honor obtains with
n broker, no matter what his private
character may he, from 20 OciOck in
the morning until 2 o'cio X in the after
noon With many it is life companion.
With the carrion gang who spread their
traps and set their nets for the humbllr
people Of the stage, re OiClng If by
happy chance they catch and rain, 1T Is
forgotten and relegatcd to the past. or
nut away for tomorrOws manly r.eal
inys on the street wh;ie lust and dis
sipttion anl fancy Eor all that is low
and dirty and dcZrad / in the best cir
lies of ew ork rhHdi Y nd ACCESS to
heart which is rs devoid os de 'cncy
and Of true manlInes4 rs the mind taat
dreets it is devoid OF Intelligent apDre-
citation of female honor, fenIe parity,
female ch+rp'ter. no in i,t5r wf't they
tnl at hone, no IN ttter VIII they
have learned at their mothers Knee or
seen in the pariors OF their domestic
rir.la
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
Dryin Up TN" ZIvisr Il -.
CHICAGO Tribune. !

The project of drying up the huge
Zuyder ee is again Icing urged with
some vehemence. a ''State Socialist"
argument is now freely used it is said
that the gigantic task will find rich en-
ployment for the Duch working class
population for many years, among
whom social democracy is increasing.
The provinces of trecht, Gelderlsnd and
Groningen, and most OF the municipal
ties whose cities and towns lie upon the
sea, have given their adhesion to the
scheme, and have empowered n commits
sion of experts to report on the probable
cost.
In the other hand, feS of the
towns, including Monnikeu lam and
others, protest eagerly against the
scheme, since its execution must in
fallibly convert them into truly dead
cities. If the sea should ultimately be
turned into dry land the kingdom of
Holland will 10 enlarged by the addition
of new province twice the size of the
province of Utrecht. The new country
has been already provided by antieipa-
ton with the name of "Willemsland. "
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
How the >hooting-Fish Hunts
q lAtr. q ,aint aid QuizzicsI.l

. iaer, . ,aint a I'd QnizzicaI.l
This very peculiar creature is found
only in the East Indies, and is supplied
by nature with admirably adapted
means for carrying on its sporting pro-
clivities. Its oeak is sort of hollow
cylinder, or miniature gun barrel. 1t
frequents the rivers mostly, though
sometimes found on the seashore in
shallow waters. When this fish is
hungry and espies fly or an insect sit
ting upon the leaf of some sea plant he
swims away four or five feet from his
prey, from whence to take his aim, then
with great dexterity he elects out of his
tube ike mouth one drop of water so
well directed that it never fails to knock
the insect into the water, when he be-
comes an easy victim and is eagerly de-
youned
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10
I..s Henry Clay bouquet Holder.

At the marriage of Mary Eleanor
Ewing to Gen. w. 7. Sherman, in
Washington, thirty-fve years ago,
Henry Clay stepped forward, and wit h
a rare grace presented the bride with a
bouquet in a silver bouquet holder.
When Mrs. SheIman's third daughter
was married, thirty years later, to
Lieut. j hackara, the wedding bouquet
was carried in the Henry lay holder.
At the latter wedding Senator Blaine
gave set of silver fish knives and
forks, with bis card, on which was
written: For the daughter, with as
much love as / have ever borne the
mother.
The Brookhaven leader., 1887-11-10

ILNn on Cor. Ch'clgO Tribune
Has it ever occurred to you how the
difference in the fineness of caliber as
between English people and Americans
might be noticed in the slang OF the
two countries! The American slang is
always witty and seldom coarse. The
English slang is seldom witty and al
ways coarse. Witness "beastly,"
nasty, rot" "huke." heard an in
dignant Briton-a lord-speak of those
sinking little German princes" and,
although | sympathized with him, l
was conscious of an inward shudder at
that horribly suggestive word.